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New Harvest newsletter subscribers got some nice weekend reading - our much awaited take on the NYT Opinion piece. For those who do not receive the newsletter, have a read here on the blog... https://lnkd.in/gPtCKUm5

Are you or someone you know based in the US or Canada, proficient in Dutch, and seeking a part-time position at a fantastic organization? If the answer is yes, take a look at this opportunity! https://lnkd.in/gM2-iM8T

🚨 New Consortium Alert! Over the next 3 years, 36 groups from 17 countries will collaborate on delivering a comprehensive, unbiased knowledge base about cultured meat and seafood and their place in the food system. FEASTS (Fostering European cellular-Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solution), is the first project of its kind funded by the EU. The grant proposal was largely structured through the lens of our paper from 2021, “Cultured Meat Needs a Race to Mission, Not a Race to Market” which highlights where collaboration and focus can best be applied to achieve the mission of cultured meat. New Harvest Netherlands is proud to be one of the 36 participating groups. Kudos to our very own Dwayne Holmes, PhD and the other consortium members! https://lnkd.in/g9GXinF7

Published: *The* Foundational Cellular Agriculture Textbook!!!! After more than two years in the making, we are thrilled to announce the publication of "Cellular Agriculture: Technology, Society, Sustainability and Science" Our vision was to create the go-to reference for everyone in the field - the book found in every company’s office, every academic lab, and every aspiring student’s backpack. Dr. Evan Fraser, Dr. Lenore Newman, Dr. Rickey Yada, and Dr. David Kaplan co-edited the first edition with invaluable support from New Harvest. Across thirty-three chapters, this book covers all aspects of cellular agriculture, from technical topics to social, legal, and ethical dimensions. Pre-order or request from your library today!! https://lnkd.in/gwhRUXDh

Catch Isha Datar's keynote about Mission Cell Ag at this year's Maastricht conference!

In January 2022 we were invited to contribute to a new textbook being assembled by Professor Mark Post, Professor Che Connon, and Dr. Chris Bryant. The editors wanted New Harvest to write a chapter on the infrastructure of cultured meat. We're thrilled to share that the book, Advances in cultured meat technology is now available for pre-order at £140.00… But even better, our chapter, Creating an infrastructure for cultured meat is available completely free and open access at the link below. An incredible team made this possible: Thank you to Irfan Tahir for leading us through this work over nearly two years of writing and editing; to New Harvest board member Miranda Stahn for her writing and perspective; to New Harvest Fellows Stephanie Kawecki, Vicky Andriessen and Bianca Datta, Ph.D. for their work on content and editing; to New Harvest Director of RRI – EU Dwayne Holmes, PhD for his experience and perspective, and last but not least to New Harvest board member Lejjy G. for his point of view and generous contribution which made this chapter available to any curious reader with the internet access. Give it a read: hhttps://lnkd.in/g4Rq6MnQ

CellAgri Portugal is doing an incredible job rallying together a diverse set of voices and stakeholders to build the field of cellular agriculture in Portugal. Incredible to see this group pull together an international set of speakers, the local mayor, a government minister, a major poultry producer, several scientific companies, and the best conference catering I've ever had (!!!) all together for an inaugural event, on a shoe-string budget no less. It's local events like THESE - smaller, intimate, and invested groups - that feel like real firsts, real sites of change, real loci of leadership. Was an honor to keynote this event with a new talk inspired by all the international, localized field building we're seeing. There is something structurally new and exciting about cellular agriculture happening. Great work to Carlos Rodrigues, Sara M. Oliveira, Frederico Ferreira and the rest of the team, and everyone mentioned Sara's post below! Lastly a huge shoutout to my colleague Dwayne Holmes, PhD, New Harvest's Director in the EU. On multiple occasions various attendees shared how much his facilitative leadership provided strategic support without taking spotlight. This is a theme of our work: empowering emerging leadership, and he's really embodying this on the ground in Europe. Looking forward to seeing more local activations like this in the future - CellAgri Portugal you have set an inspirational bar for others to follow. Onwards!